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diff --git a/tests/misc/printf-surprise.sh b/tests/misc/printf-surprise.sh
index d8d967d85..0af64482d 100755
--- a/tests/misc/printf-surprise.sh
+++ b/tests/misc/printf-surprise.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ exit=$?
# Map this longer, and rarer, diagnostic to the common one.
# printf: cannot perform formatted output: Cannot allocate memory" \
sed 's/cannot perform .*/write error/' err-msg > k && mv k err-msg
-err_msg=$(cat err-msg|tr '\n' :)
+err_msg=$(tr '\n' : < err-msg)
# By some bug, on Solaris 11 (5.11 snv_86), err_msg ends up
# containing '1> fifo:printf: write error:'. Recognize that, too.